The old village of Wordsley
once stood in splendid isolation but nowadays it merges with Kingswinford, Buckpool,
Audnam, Coalbournbrook and Amblecote. Wordsley is typical of the settlements
in the western fringe of the Black Country in that it features factories, a
few cottage industries, terraced houses, corner shops and a few buildings of
distinction.

Little remains of the old
village green of Wordsley. The Green is still marked on the map however the
old landmark pub called 'The Inn On The Green' was demolished to make way for
a small housing development. Wordsley Green, which was named after the original
17th century Village Green, offers little insight into Wordsley's earlier settlement
pattern. A hideous shopping centre and community centre has destroyed any aesthetic
appeal of this part of Wordsley.

Wordsley played an important
part in the glass industry because many of the side streets here housed many
small workshops and kilns. Today, the variety of buildings in the small streets
of Wordsley afford an insight as to how the settlement has developed over the
years.

For example, one of the
region's most impressive beer bottle collections is located in Rectory Street.
Rectory Street was
named because it stood almost opposite the driveway to the Rectory which was
built in 1837 to the design of Lewis Veulliamy. The street running parallel
to Rectory Street, Queen Street, was only named so during the reign of Queen
Victoria. It was formerly called Dunbar Street.